Who is Zainab Mohd Salleh and what is her link to the LCS scandal?

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Zainab Mohd Salleh's Alleged Role in the LCS Scandal

PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli has presented evidence suggesting that Zainab Mohd Salleh is the second wife of Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad, a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, and that she is linked to the RM9 billion littoral combat ships (LCS) procurement deal. Rafizi claims that Zainab Mohd Salleh was a majority shareholder and involved in the operations of Mega P Asia Sdn Bhd, a company established by Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad and Thierry Barrier. This company, along with France-based Alizes Marine Limited, is identified in the declassified forensic audit of the LCS project as having profited from or embezzled funds related to the sea defence projects.
Link to Mega P Asia Sdn Bhd

Rafizi Ramli alleges that Zainab Mohd Salleh was significantly involved with Mega P Asia Sdn Bhd, a company incorporated on October 23, 2015, by Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad and Thierry Barrier. According to information presented by Rafizi, documents filed with the Companies Commission of Malaysia for 2017 indicated that Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad held 105,002 shares, while Zainab Mohd Salleh held 245,000 shares, making them majority shareholders. Furthermore, Rafizi presented an audited financial report for Mega P Asia Sdn Bhd from 2016, suggesting that Zainab Mohd Salleh was responsible for running the company.
Association with Alizes Marine Limited

The forensic audit of the LCS project, conducted by Boustead Heavy Industry Corporation (BHIC), reportedly named France-based Alizes Marine Limited as a company linked to Zainab Mohd Salleh and the LCS scandal. Rafizi claims that this company is alleged to have embezzled up to RM210 million from the project. He also previously stated that Zainab Mohd Salleh was the owner of Alizes Marine Limited, which he noted was mentioned in the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers.
Connection to Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad

Rafizi Ramli's central assertion is that Zainab Mohd Salleh is the second wife of Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad, who served as deputy defence minister from 2008 to 2013. The forensic audit report allegedly identified Thierry Georges Andre Barrier, a French national, as an individual involved in the procurement contract, with invoices for naval assets crisscrossing the globe as part of a scheme. Rafizi suggests that the invoices sent to Alizes Marine Limited, linked to Zainab, further reinforce claims of a fraudulent scheme involving false invoices and Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad. Despite these allegations, Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad, a politician with Bersatu, has publicly denied that the Zainab identified in media reports connected to the LCS scandal is his purported second wife.

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